This young mother surprised a Temple Bar crowd after she was dared to lift a man on to her shoulders - before doing it 14 TIMES.

Amy O'Halloran, from Yorkshire in England, was celebrating her birthday in the popular Dublin hotspot when somebody challenged her to lift a man over her head, the Irish Mirror reported.

The osteopath and amateur powerlifter shocked onlookers by bundling the man on to her back and performing squats with ease.

She then posted the footage on Facebook, captioned "had to be done", where it has been seen over 3,700 times.

She told the Mirror: "I think he was a little bit shocked that I just kept going. My friends know about my powerlifting so they challenged me to see if I could lift a guy and I was up for it."

O'Halloran runs Silsden Osteopathy Clinic and is a single mother to eight-year-old Benjamin.

She only took up powerlifting a year ago but has gained success, breaking the deadlift record for under 72kg class at the Yorkshire and the North-East by lifting 170 kilos at the YNE senior classic powerlifting championships.

She is now preparing to compete in the British National competition in September at Ipswich.